Wen Robin
Graduate of La Cambre in 2018, and winner of the Prix des Arts in Drawing and Painting 2018 of Woluwe- Saint-Pierre, Robin Wen lives and works in Brussels. The artist's pictorial practice explores the world of the Free Party through its lifestyle, that of a youth in search of freedom, an initially documentary approach. Using his personal archives or objects from his daily life, Robin Wen deals with the fragility and violence of this environment with strength and sensitivity. His paintings have become "anthropological objects" and bear witness to a universe that oscillates between the fantastic and the realistic. This practice is part of the tradition of genre painting, which the artist hijacks and repossesses.
Selected works
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AWARDS - DISTINCTIONS
2021 - Nomination for the Artistic Prize of the City of Tournai
2019 - Nomination for the Godecharle Prize (Sculpture category)
2019 - Rouge-Cloître Discovery Prize
2018 - Winner of the Prix des Arts de Woluwe-Saint-Pierre (Painting and Drawing category)
2018 - Prize "Coup de Cœur" des Amis de La Cambre
2018 - Winner of the ATT & D Prize, Coup de Cœur Géant des Beaux-Arts
2017 - Selected for the Louis Schmitd Painting Prize
2017 - Nominated for the Hamesse Prize
EDUCATION
2018 - Master, Visual Arts, ENSAV La Cambre, Brussels, BE
2013 - DNSEP training, Art and Design, ESADMM, Marseille, FR
RESIDENCE
2020 - [Cloister], Rue des Dominicains, 12, 1000 Brussels, BE
2019 - Godecharle residence at KANAL Centre Pompidou, Quai des Péniches, 1000 Brussels, BE
2018 - Carrefour des Arts Private Foundation, Rue du Canal, 79, 1000 Brussels, BE
EXHIBITIONS
2023: Perseverance - Montoro Gallery12, 1190 Forest, BE
2022 : 11 Years of residencies (Carrefour des Arts Private Foundation), BE
2022 - Free Party - Tour à Plomb, Rue de l'Abattoir 24, 1000 Brussels BE (Drawing Week Brussels)
2022 - JETLAG - Chez Marie Hélène et Sébastien D'Hondt, 1650 Beersel, BE
2022 - Portrait - 17 de la cour d'honneur de l'abbaye de La Cambre, 1000 Bruxelles, BE
2022 - Les Temps Modernes - A galerie, 25 Rue du Page, 1050 Ixelles, BE
2022 - Alors - Scenographic work for Nathalie Ageorges, 4 Pl. Sainte-Croix, 45000 Orléans, FR
2022 - Electronic rituals - Soundsystems SciencesPo Paris, 10 Boulevard Anatole, 93200 Saint-Denis, FR
2021 - Art Prize of the City of Tournai - La cave médiévale, 1 Pl. Paul-Emile Janson, 7500 Tournai, BE
2021 – Par un beau jour - Maison communale de Chaudfontaine, 4050 Chaudfontaine, BE
2021 - Insomnia - Moonens Foundation, 50 Rue Philippe de Champagne, 1000 Brussels, BE
2021 - Museum as home - Dialogues Nocturnes, 100 Rue du Viaduc, 1050 Ixelles, BE
2020 - EXP 04/03/2020 - Galerie Le [Cloître], Rue des Dominicains, 12, 1000 Brussels, BE
2020 - Rave on - Gallery Le[Cloître], Rue des Dominicains, 12, 1000 Brussels, BE
2020 - [Cloitre] - Galerie Le[Cloître], Rue des Dominicains, 12, 1000 Bruxelles, BE
2019 - URGENCE - KANAL Centre Pompidou, Quai des Péniches, 1000 Brussels, BE
2019 - Discovery - Rouge-Cloître Art Centre, 4 Rue du Rouge-Cloître, 1160 Auderghem, BE
2019 - Intimiteit-Identiteit - DeKantfabriek, Burchtdam 4, 9400 Ninove, BE
2019 - Godecharle Prize - Royal Academy of Fine Arts, 144 Rue du Midi, 1000 Brussels, BE
2019 - La Science de la Maison - Moonens Foundation, 50 Rue Philippe de Champagne, 1000 Brussels, BE
2019 - Carrefour des Arts Private Foundation, 79 Rue du Canal, 1000 Brussels, BE
2019 - Knust Festival - 19 Quai du Hainaut, 1080 Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, BE
2019 - ARTopenKUNST Business Card - Vanderborght, 50 Rue de l'Ecuyer, 1000 Brussels, BE
2019 - ATT & D, 15th edition - BOZAR, 23 Rue Ravenstein, 1000 Brussels, BE
2019 - [Cloitre]#1 - Galerie Le[cloitre], Rue des Dominicains, 12, 1000 Brussels, BE
2018 - Hamesse 34th Edition - Maison du Peuple, 39 Parvis Saint-Gilles, 1060 Saint-Gilles, BE
2018 - Laureate of the Arts Prize - 93 Avenue Charles Thielemans, 1150 Woluwe-Saint-Pierre, BE
2018 - Urban Bridge - Gallery210, Saint-Louis, 63121 Missouri, US
2018 - Rave on - La Grange, 16 Rue de la Placette, 05000 Gap, FR
2018 - Collet-Serré - Espace Vanderborght, 50 Rue de l'Ecuyer, 1000 Brussels, BE
2018 - Résonances - LaVallée, 39 Rue Adolphe Lavallée, 1080 Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, BE
2018 - ATT & D - BOZAR, 23 Rue Ravenstein, 1000 Brussels, BE
2018 - Louis Schmidt 56th Edition - Salle Allende, 22-24 Avenue Paul Héger, 1050 Ixelles, BE
2017 - Feu Follet - 64 Grote Bosstraat, 1030 Schaarbeek, BE
2017 - Nu- Chez Frédéric de Goldschmidt, 7 Quai du Commerce, 1000 Brussels, BE
2017 - Twist - 21 Abbaye de La Cambre, 1050 Ixelles, BE
2016 - ATT - BOZAR, 23 Rue Ravenstein, 1000 Brussels, BE
2016 - Serres Lez'Arts - 87 Rue Henri Peuzin, 05700 Serres, FR
PUBLICATIONS, PRESS, CATALOGUES AND RADIO
2022 - TRAX Magazine -
A visual artist passionate about free parties paints wild party scenes with ultra-realism.
Article available here: https://www.traxmag.com/amp/a-voir-plasticien-passionne-free-party-peint-fetes-sauvages-ultra-realisme/
2022 - LM Magazine - ROBIN WEN THE ESSENCE OF PARTY
2022 - Pepitestroniques - Visual artist Robin Wen pays tribute to Free party
2022 - Electro News - Robin Wen: who paints Free Party in his paintings and exhibits them in museums
2022 - Laurence Baud'huin September 2022 - ROBIN WEN - FREE PARTY
2022 - Brusselslife.be Living the Free Party culture in Brussels: Robin Wen's ephemeral exhibition
2022 – Le Soir, the fifty exhibitions to see in Brussels, Wallonia, Flanders and elsewhere in Europe
2022 - Magcentre.fr , "Alors", choreographic creation by Nathalie Ageorges, Monday, 16 May 2022
2021 - Fluxnews.be, Génération 90
2019 - Radio Mojo Interview / exhibition: La Science de la Maison - Moonens Foundation
2019 - Exhibition catalogue Prix Découverte - Rouge-Cloître Art Centre
2018 - Wolumag1150 Magazine, Arts Award: The Winners
2018 - Artslant Magazine, Under The Radar: Beatriz Guzman | Graham Skeate | Robin Wen
2018 - Coups de Cœur des Amis de La Cambre exhibition catalogue 2018
2018 - Paul artspace catalogue, 5 years
2018 - Catalogue of the exhibition Prix Louis Schmitd 2018
2014 - Edition Le Cahier Muet (Frédérique Loutz)
2016 - Radio Serres Lez'Arts, (Radio Alpes1, September 2016)
2021 - Nomination for the Artistic Prize of the City of Tournai
2019 - Nomination for the Godecharle Prize (Sculpture category)
2019 - Rouge-Cloître Discovery Prize
2018 - Winner of the Prix des Arts de Woluwe-Saint-Pierre (Painting and Drawing category)
2018 - Prize "Coup de Cœur" des Amis de La Cambre
2018 - Winner of the ATT & D Prize, Coup de Cœur Géant des Beaux-Arts
2017 - Selected for the Louis Schmitd Painting Prize
2017 - Nominated for the Hamesse Prize
EDUCATION
2018 - Master, Visual Arts, ENSAV La Cambre, Brussels, BE
2013 - DNSEP training, Art and Design, ESADMM, Marseille, FR
RESIDENCE
2020 - [Cloister], Rue des Dominicains, 12, 1000 Brussels, BE
2019 - Godecharle residence at KANAL Centre Pompidou, Quai des Péniches, 1000 Brussels, BE
2018 - Carrefour des Arts Private Foundation, Rue du Canal, 79, 1000 Brussels, BE
EXHIBITIONS
2023: Perseverance - Montoro Gallery12, 1190 Forest, BE
2022 : 11 Years of residencies (Carrefour des Arts Private Foundation), BE
2022 - Free Party - Tour à Plomb, Rue de l'Abattoir 24, 1000 Brussels BE (Drawing Week Brussels)
2022 - JETLAG - Chez Marie Hélène et Sébastien D'Hondt, 1650 Beersel, BE
2022 - Portrait - 17 de la cour d'honneur de l'abbaye de La Cambre, 1000 Bruxelles, BE
2022 - Les Temps Modernes - A galerie, 25 Rue du Page, 1050 Ixelles, BE
2022 - Alors - Scenographic work for Nathalie Ageorges, 4 Pl. Sainte-Croix, 45000 Orléans, FR
2022 - Electronic rituals - Soundsystems SciencesPo Paris, 10 Boulevard Anatole, 93200 Saint-Denis, FR
2021 - Art Prize of the City of Tournai - La cave médiévale, 1 Pl. Paul-Emile Janson, 7500 Tournai, BE
2021 – Par un beau jour - Maison communale de Chaudfontaine, 4050 Chaudfontaine, BE
2021 - Insomnia - Moonens Foundation, 50 Rue Philippe de Champagne, 1000 Brussels, BE
2021 - Museum as home - Dialogues Nocturnes, 100 Rue du Viaduc, 1050 Ixelles, BE
2020 - EXP 04/03/2020 - Galerie Le [Cloître], Rue des Dominicains, 12, 1000 Brussels, BE
2020 - Rave on - Gallery Le[Cloître], Rue des Dominicains, 12, 1000 Brussels, BE
2020 - [Cloitre] - Galerie Le[Cloître], Rue des Dominicains, 12, 1000 Bruxelles, BE
2019 - URGENCE - KANAL Centre Pompidou, Quai des Péniches, 1000 Brussels, BE
2019 - Discovery - Rouge-Cloître Art Centre, 4 Rue du Rouge-Cloître, 1160 Auderghem, BE
2019 - Intimiteit-Identiteit - DeKantfabriek, Burchtdam 4, 9400 Ninove, BE
2019 - Godecharle Prize - Royal Academy of Fine Arts, 144 Rue du Midi, 1000 Brussels, BE
2019 - La Science de la Maison - Moonens Foundation, 50 Rue Philippe de Champagne, 1000 Brussels, BE
2019 - Carrefour des Arts Private Foundation, 79 Rue du Canal, 1000 Brussels, BE
2019 - Knust Festival - 19 Quai du Hainaut, 1080 Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, BE
2019 - ARTopenKUNST Business Card - Vanderborght, 50 Rue de l'Ecuyer, 1000 Brussels, BE
2019 - ATT & D, 15th edition - BOZAR, 23 Rue Ravenstein, 1000 Brussels, BE
2019 - [Cloitre]#1 - Galerie Le[cloitre], Rue des Dominicains, 12, 1000 Brussels, BE
2018 - Hamesse 34th Edition - Maison du Peuple, 39 Parvis Saint-Gilles, 1060 Saint-Gilles, BE
2018 - Laureate of the Arts Prize - 93 Avenue Charles Thielemans, 1150 Woluwe-Saint-Pierre, BE
2018 - Urban Bridge - Gallery210, Saint-Louis, 63121 Missouri, US
2018 - Rave on - La Grange, 16 Rue de la Placette, 05000 Gap, FR
2018 - Collet-Serré - Espace Vanderborght, 50 Rue de l'Ecuyer, 1000 Brussels, BE
2018 - Résonances - LaVallée, 39 Rue Adolphe Lavallée, 1080 Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, BE
2018 - ATT & D - BOZAR, 23 Rue Ravenstein, 1000 Brussels, BE
2018 - Louis Schmidt 56th Edition - Salle Allende, 22-24 Avenue Paul Héger, 1050 Ixelles, BE
2017 - Feu Follet - 64 Grote Bosstraat, 1030 Schaarbeek, BE
2017 - Nu- Chez Frédéric de Goldschmidt, 7 Quai du Commerce, 1000 Brussels, BE
2017 - Twist - 21 Abbaye de La Cambre, 1050 Ixelles, BE
2016 - ATT - BOZAR, 23 Rue Ravenstein, 1000 Brussels, BE
2016 - Serres Lez'Arts - 87 Rue Henri Peuzin, 05700 Serres, FR
PUBLICATIONS, PRESS, CATALOGUES AND RADIO
2022 - TRAX Magazine -
A visual artist passionate about free parties paints wild party scenes with ultra-realism.
Article available here: https://www.traxmag.com/amp/a-voir-plasticien-passionne-free-party-peint-fetes-sauvages-ultra-realisme/
2022 - LM Magazine - ROBIN WEN THE ESSENCE OF PARTY
2022 - Pepitestroniques - Visual artist Robin Wen pays tribute to Free party
2022 - Electro News - Robin Wen: who paints Free Party in his paintings and exhibits them in museums
2022 - Laurence Baud'huin September 2022 - ROBIN WEN - FREE PARTY
2022 - Brusselslife.be Living the Free Party culture in Brussels: Robin Wen's ephemeral exhibition
2022 – Le Soir, the fifty exhibitions to see in Brussels, Wallonia, Flanders and elsewhere in Europe
2022 - Magcentre.fr , "Alors", choreographic creation by Nathalie Ageorges, Monday, 16 May 2022
2021 - Fluxnews.be, Génération 90
2019 - Radio Mojo Interview / exhibition: La Science de la Maison - Moonens Foundation
2019 - Exhibition catalogue Prix Découverte - Rouge-Cloître Art Centre
2018 - Wolumag1150 Magazine, Arts Award: The Winners
2018 - Artslant Magazine, Under The Radar: Beatriz Guzman | Graham Skeate | Robin Wen
2018 - Coups de Cœur des Amis de La Cambre exhibition catalogue 2018
2018 - Paul artspace catalogue, 5 years
2018 - Catalogue of the exhibition Prix Louis Schmitd 2018
2014 - Edition Le Cahier Muet (Frédérique Loutz)
2016 - Radio Serres Lez'Arts, (Radio Alpes1, September 2016)